Dobbin was a "whacked-out, crazy hippy drummer" musician active around Liverpool, England, Earth, during the later 22nd century. He was a friend of an adolescent Dave Lister. (Emile Charles) Dobbin was the drummer of Smeg and the Heads, along with a 17-year-old Dave Lister on vocals and Gazza on bass guitar. In around 2172, Smeg and the Heads played a gig at the Aigburth Arms, which future Lister (Craig Charles) was able to go back to since he had a timeslide of it.